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Dr. Ellie Izzo
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Holiday Stress: Not Very Merry
The American Psychological Association conducted a study in 2006 and found that while 78% of respondents reported feeling often happy around the holidays, about two-thirds sometimes or often felt stressed and fatigued. Continue reading
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Tagged anger, anxiety, children, conflict, family, feelings, health, holiday blues, holiday stress, holidays, mental health, peace, recovery, relationships, resilience, stress, trauma, work, worry
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The Mad Ramblings of a Pedestal Professional
When I come into the door after a long day at the office, I am emotionally inverted. I feel as though my feelings have been sucked into a vacuum and I can hardly connect with my own family who needs my attention as well. Sometimes I feel numb. Sometimes I think that if one more person asks one more thing of me I will scream. Continue reading
Posted in Necessary Conversations, Second-Hand Shock, Uncategorized
Tagged anxiety, coach, conflict, health, heroes, mental health, Post Traumatic Stress, trauma, vicarious trauma, work
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Road to Resilience Can Be Rocky
Attending and graduating from the “School of Hard Knocks” plays a key role in how a person learns to be resilient. Studies show that kids who grew up in adverse living conditions seem to demonstrate a richer depth of resilience in adulthood. Continue reading
Posted in Just Stop!, The Bridge to I Am, Uncategorized
Tagged alternative dispute resolution, anger, anxiety, coach, communication, conflict, death, divorce, family, health, inspiration, mediation, mental health, parenting, recession, recovery, resilience, stress, trauma, work, worry
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Anger is Always About the One Who Feels It
Irresponsible expression of anger robs us of an emotional experience that can passionately drive forward healthy transformation and growth. Continue reading
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Tagged alternative dispute resolution, anger, anger management, anxiety, coach, collaboration, communication, conflict, conflict resolution, dispute, divorce, family, family law, feelings, health, inspiration, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, mediation, mental health, parenting, peace, stress, victims, work
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Signs of Addiction Can Be Subtle Among Professional Helpers
An interesting article appeared online regarding the more subtle signs of addiction. The author, Ms. Melanie Haiken claims that knowing whether someone you love has a problem with drugs or alcohol is not always as obvious as you might think. … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, alcoholism, anxiety, baby-boomers, communication, conflict, death, dispute, divorce, family, family law, feelings, health, heroes, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, law, lawyer, mediation, mental health, peace, Post Traumatic Stress, recovery, sobriety, stress, trauma, victims, work
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9/11 Second-Hand Shock Still an Issue a Decade Later.
Can you imagine that helping professionals are still suffering trauma responses a decade after the 9/11 tragedy? That certainly speaks to how insidious the effects of vicarious trauma can be! Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, communication, conflict, death, health, heroes, inspiration, mental health, peace, Post Traumatic Stress, recovery, rescue, stress, terrorism, trauma, victims, violence, work, worry
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Devastation in Japan Traumatizes the World
Let’s also send loving and supportive energy to all the helpers who are assisting the victims of the tsunami. They may be experiencing their own Second-Hand Shock as they work to provide relief while controlling their empathic responses. Continue reading
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Tagged Japan, mental health, nuclear, recovery, rescue, stress, trauma, tsunami, victims, work
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Second-Hand Shock Impacts a Generation
I attended a sobering 60th birthday party yesterday evening. It was a large room full of aging baby-boomers: the most disappointed generation. While everyone seemed to be having a good enough time, there was an unmistakable malaise in the air. … Continue reading
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Tagged baby-boomers, conflict, death, Internet, mental health, recession, stress, trauma, work
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Could James Arthur Ray be suffering from Second-Hand Shock?
James Arthur Ray may very well be paying the price for working with untreated Second-Hand Shock. His job, which focused on helping people deal with work-related stress, probably put him at risk to hear lots of trauma content stories over … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, death, inspiration, media, mental health, motivational speaker, stress, trauma, work
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Helping Professionals Reduce Work Stress Through Collaboration
I just finished training a great group of lawyers, mental health professionals and financial specialists in the process of collaboration. I had the honor of training the mental health segment for the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals in the launch … Continue reading
